| Acronym | Meaning |
| JAL | Japan Airlines |
| DLS | Deep Lens Survey |
| NNW | North North-West |
| J3 | Joint Operations Directorate |
| MAPS | Monitoring Avian Productivity And Survivorship |
| JPN | Japanese Language (ISO 639-2 Code) |
| AARP | (i/s) American Association Of Retired Persons (now Officially Known Only By The Initials) |
| FASCAM | Field Artillery Scatterable Mines |
| CNN | Cable News Network - Cellular Nonlinear Network |
| NRDC | (U.S.) Natural Resources Defense Council |